Typographical machine



March 29, N TEST TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Filed Sept '25, 1925 Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES I cnYroeRumcmL mien-11m.

Application filed Se tember'- 25,-,192'6. smal rm.- names;

" e1" operative position Withoutlimit winemspeet to. the nnmher' of magazines used in the machine.

lii-eretofere screws, cams, levers ind gear mot ons have bee usect' or proposes for shittin the lim ezmes intoand; out of Working relation. with the assembling. and distrihnting mechanisms, but iiie11 sneh d'e vices there was a limit t'o their range" of operation which restricted the use of such: devices to QW predetermined number of magazines. The present invention, on the other hand, provides methis Whieh is Cafpehl e of shifting any miinh'er of mageliirhes into and out of working position, end'it also provides a novel and ii'n'proved n'a ez'ine frame which may be readily CODI'CiIIifLLt'GCi'fO- the number at" magazines it" may be desired to use in each machiiie the invention thus effecting economies in fl iemaihifaefn'ref of the n'raehines and simplifying and fzici'ht'a-t ing the magazine shittingoperations.

To these and other" end's'the invention con s in certain i'm prevem'eiit's a'hd combinm tions' and arrangeirient's of parts, all as will he hereinafter more fully c tes'eiihe'idgithe' f it tures of novelty bein pointed out piirt'icn lgir'ly in the claims at the end of the specificatioi In the mrcoln iizniying dhiwingr' Fighre' 1 is a side elevation or mirgzr'zine' snpporting and shifting means eiriborbring the presentinveiition thesmneheing'shown applied'm :1 typogramiieei machine" herein the maga ines are shared-11m horizontal dii-' IGt'tiibil, the nppermhs'tmagazine in the starch being shownin o s'erzitive' position. e ire" 2 View similar th' Figiire 1, 'azines however," beirrgroelted' ihtfo real rrtily matinee position for thel with} .we't of i'negezines" firdm rear" th f g f,

Figure is a front elevation of themagztzine sh tting mechanism shown in Figures 1and2 I Figures- L,- 5" and 6 are side views ofthe top, intermediate and lower units of the magazine frame shown iirFig-nres 1 and; 2.

Figure 7 is a' si'de elevation of a modified form of magz'rzine frame.

Figurefigis a: detail View of {hi gearing \rhiehmay he Qppliecl to the magazine shifting mechanism to facilitate the operationthereo fi hen i large number of magazines .eonta e d in' the machine. r

i; u-1e his e side elevation of mage'zine shifting mechanism embodying the present invention showing the .same applied to a steel: of magazines which is movahie Verticeil-y V Fig-tire 10 represents 3 detail seetion taken on the line 1- O ,10 of- Figure 9 and lookingtowzirctthe right. 4

innit-e1 Bare are ctesi-gi'iiated by the same referenee chziracters ih the severelviews;

The mag zine shifting mechanism and he magazine frames for use therewith are ap pheehle generally to typographical maehines of the class a cte ptect to eont zii'n 2v phiral-it-y of su perpo sed matrix Containing magzrz- Aes whereinthey megzizines are shiftahle tobrin g an one oh the magazines as desired ninth Operet'ire position to dehver n iatriees' there'- from to. the assembling mechanism 0% the met-Chine which assembles the metri ces into lines and. to receive the returning matri s from the matrix distrihnt err A 11 e-Xnni-ple matrix. s i'lppprting and shiftin g m-echw nism \vhieh the mzitrie'es Memorable horimitt-ally to hriiigone or another of the mag -1 aZlnS'JiitO operat'nje position is shown; and

In emrw n des "ibed in de rithin the seo lje of the elhi msl V y In the'present i hstzrnee', 1 designates porfi'o'iis of the stationary main frame of a ty- P g 4 9 1 i i h 9f 5 -kn wn-linm type class, 2 represents a portion of the assembler entrance which directs the matrices delivered from a magazine in operative position to the assembling mechanism which assembles the matrices into lines, 3 represents a portion of the distributer mechanism to which the matrices are returned after a cast has been made from a matrix line, the distributer, as is well understood by those skilled in the art, delivering the matrices to a channel entrance t which returns the matrices to their appropriate grooves or channels in the magazine. The channel entrance 4: is shown pivoted at 5 to the frame of the machine so that it may be swung forwardly into the operative position shown in Figure 1, or it may be swung rearwardly into the inoperative position shown in Fig ure 2, the channel entrance, while in the latter position, clearing the upper ends of the magazines and thus avoiding interfer ence with the shifting of the magazines to bring one or another thereof into operative position or rocking of the magazines into the rearward magazine removing position.

M, M and M represent the upper, intermediate and lower magazines in a stack comprising three magazines. These magazines are supported in superpoJed relation by upper, intermediate and lower magazine frame units 6, 7 and 8. These frame units, as shown in Figures l, 5 and 6, are of similar construction, each unit being adapted to removably receive and position a magazine on its upper side, and the units are formed with feet or pads (3, 7 and 8 toward their upper and lower ends whereby when these units are assembled to form a composite magazine frame, the feet or pads 6 of the upper frame unit will rest on the intermediate frame unit 7 and the feet or pads 7 on the intermediate frame unit 7 will rest on the lower frame unit 8, the frame units being thus properly spaced, and they may be united in any suitable way, as, for example, by drilling and threading these frame units as shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6 and applying screws in the manner the screw 8 is shown applied in Figure 1. The feet or pads 6 and 7 of the upper and intermediate frame units are properly spaced to enable the intermediate and lower magazines to be accomniodz-ited in the chambers formed beneath the upper and intermediate frame units.

The n'iagazine frame carrying the matrix magazines is, according to the present invention, shifted bodily to bring any one of the magazines thereon into operative relationship with the matrix assembling and distributing mechanisms of the machine, by a shifting mechanism, the range of operation of which is unlimited as distinguished from shifting devices such as those heretofore proposed. in which the range of open tion was limited, and hence, the present invention provides shifting mechanism which is applicable to the shifting of any desired number of magazines.

In Figures 1 to 8, inclusive, the invention is shown applied to magazines which are shiftable in a substantially horizontal direction to bring the different magazines into working position. In this embodiment of the invention, the shifting mechanism comprises a shaft 9 which is rotatable in bearings formed in or attached tothe stationary main frame 1, this shaft having double cranks 1O fixed thereon toward its opposite ends and at the opposite sides of the magazine frame, each double crank hav ing inwardly projecting pins 11 and 12 thereon which are located at diametrically opposite sides of the shaft 9 and preferably on equidistant radii. The cranks 10 are fixed to the shaft 9 so that the crank pins 11 and 12 on both cranks lie in the same plane. The forward end; of the magazine frame units 6, 7 and 8 are formed wit-h recesses or seats 6 7" and 8 respectively, the spacing between these recesses or seats, when the magazine frame units are assem bled, equalling the diametrical spacing of the crank pins 11 and 12. Consequently, the crank pins 11 and 12 may engage in the recesses or seats of any two adjacent magazine frame units, the crank pins being shown engaged in the recesses of the upper and intermediate frame units in Figure 1. The upper end of the con'iposite magazine frame is preferably supported by a rail 13 on which one or more of a series of pins 6, 7 and 8" may rest, a pair of these pins projecting lat erally from the upper end of each of the magazine frame units. For example, in Figure 1, the pins 6 and 7 are resting on the rail 13. It will be understood that one of these rails 13 is provided on the main frame of the machine at each side of the magazine frame so that the magazines may be supported at both sides.

In order to enable the magazine frame and the magazines therein to be rocked or tilted rearwardly from the normal forwardly inclined position. shown in Figure l to the rearwardly inclined position shown in Figure 2 for the removal or changing of magazines, one of the nu zine frame units, the upper unit 6 in the p ,sent instance, has pins 6 projecting laterally from its opposite sides at points about midway of its length, and the main frame is provided at opposite sides of the magazine frame with arms 1 which are formed with recesses or seats 14- to receive these pins 6 whereby the magazine frame and the magazines therein may be supported to IOCK or tilt about the pins an axis. To permit such rocking or O a, tilting movement to take place, each of the l 13. is pivoted to the firearm of the ma lllU zine "tram-e made u by clinic as on a screw 15' so that the opposite end of the rail may swing vertically, and a locking pin 16 is adapted to be inserted th roughthe frame and into the opposite end of the rail 13,-so that t'hispin, when position, will loch the respective rail 13 in its normally raised 1 osi so that it will act as a support for the pins 6, 7 and 8. The :l' .ee end" of each rail 13 may be provided with a handle 27 to facilitate" its manipulati-on.

The operation-oi the magazine sup-porting and SllL. mechanism as above described is briefly as follows? The magabIi-ng a numher oi" units cori iond h the number oi ies h it is desired to use in ini ng the magazines, is placed in the machine so that the pins 6 enter and rest in the recesses 14} the main :l-"ramc, the frame and the magazines being swung. into the forwardly and downwardly inclined. position so that the recesses or seats 6 7" are received by the crank pins If and 12 and the rails 13 are swung upwardly into the position shown in Figure 1 and each of these rails is locked in sueh position by insertion of" its pin 16; As the rails 13* are swung upwardly into their normal operative position, they receive the pins 6 and 7 which support the upper endof the magazine frame. lVith the parts in this position, the upper magazine M is in operative position, its lower end registering with the assembler entrance 2 so that matrices re leased from this niagazine as by operation of the usua'l keyboard and the matrix releas ing'" G-SCQPGIL'IGIItS, will be delivered to the usual matrix assembling mechanism, while the upper end of this magazine will he registered with the channel entrance 4% which may be swung forwardly into its operative position, as shown in" Figure 1, and hence; this magazine will. be in position to receive returi'iing matrices from the usual dstributing mechanism which delivers the matrices to the channel entrance 4.

If it is desired to bringitheintermediate inagg 'a-zine' M into operative position; the cranks lOarc rotated"through a. halfre'volu' tion in an anti-clocltwise direct-ion, Figure 1, the shaft 9" having, for example a cranlt' 1'8 fixer thereon foroperating'it. This half revolution of the cranks will cause the pins .11? to'move in semi-circular arcs" above and cem'en-trie' with the shzrlt 9, the c 'anlt pins at the same time, i'i'ioving" through ci-'rcular arcs below the shaft 9 The crank Pins 11 tlius-moveout oftlie'rec'esses' or seats G on the Frame unit 6 while the crank pinswhich engage inthe recesses 7 of the frame unit 7 act to move the lower end of the composite magazine'- frame and the magazines thereon through an are which will. first l -l. the eseapementson the upper magaz ne pi viioasly occupied by the upper magazine M. The arcuate' movement of the lower or forward end of the magazine l eime' will lift the pins G out of the open topped re"- cesses 14' in the main frame, and during the arcuate shifting movement of the lower for ward" en'd ef the magazine frame, the upper rear end oi? said fran'ie' issupportedby the pin s the pin 6" is hilt-ed upwardly out olicentact wit-l1 t-l-etop of the rail 13 while the" forward lo 1 end 01"- the' magazine frame is swinging: in its arcuwte' path; If i is desired tobring the'lower'niagazine M o operative position, the shaft 9 is given a furtherhal fi revolution in the same direc tion' as before, the lower fomvard end 0% the mazagi ne frame being thus caused to move in an arcuate path whiehwill remove the intermediate magazine M from operative position and? will bring the lower magazine N into suclr position; During this opera tion", the pin 7f will rise upwardly out of contact with the top ol' the rail 13 but the upper rear portion of the magazinetrame will be supported by the pin 8} which then rests on the rail: 13: It will be wider-stood that at least one of the pins 6 7 or 8 al ways rest-s oir the rail 13" during the shiftiegr of the magazines, and hence, the upper rear ends of the magazines will be properly supported during the shitting operations When it is desired to ro'c'lrthe magazine frame intoi vnwardly and rearward'l'y incline l posit-1on to permit removal or of the magazines, the shaft 9" is rotated ina clockwise d irectlion until the. pins 6? have entered the recesses 14? in the main iramei; The pins 16 are their removed and the rails 13 are swung; downw'ardly about their pivots 1 5- iii-to position show-n in Figure 21 The comjosite magazine" heme and the magazines tliereonmay then be rocked into the downwardly and rearwardly inclinedposition shown in Figure'fl, the pins 6 acting as ivotal supports for ehe'ma aaine frame and tlie"1na'ga-' zines during this operation; When. the magariine frame and the magazines thereon are returned to their norm-ah position; as shown in Figlure 1", by swinging; them about the pins 6? as pivotal supports, the crank pins'll 12"wlll automatically receive the open seats 6" and 7, respectively; of the frame unit's (land '7', the operative relationshipj'between the frame and the shitting; mechanism being thus: automatican-y re-estahlished.

ll will be eniierstoedthat the magazine EMU the dotted line frame may embody an unlimited number of frame units to accommodate any desired number of magazines, and that the shifting mechanism described above will serve to shift the composite magazine frame without limit as to the number of frame units composing it. When a relatively large number of frame units and magazines is used, the weight of the composite frame and the magazines may be considerable, and in order to facilitate the shifting operation, a crank 18 may be employed which is fixed to a pinion 1.9 on a shaft 20 which may be journaled in the main frame of the machine, the pinion 19 meshing with a relatively larger gear 21 which may be fixed on the shaft 9, the gear reduction thus provided enabling the composite frame and the magazines thereon to be shifted by the application of less force to the crank 18.

Figure 7 shows a modification of the frame units which may be assembled to pro vide the composite magazine frame. These frame units may all be of duplicate or similar construction, each having a recess or seat 22 at its lower forward end and feet or pads 23 to rest on the next lower frame units. The upper side of each frame unit may be provided with lugs 24- having seats 25 therein to receive the feet 28 of the frame unit neat above it and the frame units composing the composite magazine frame may be detachably united by pins 26 inserted into openings 27 formed in the lugs 24 and registering openings 28 formed in the feet 23. This construction enables the frame units to be quickly and accurately regis tered one with the other, both laterally and longitudinally, and the use of the pins to unite the frame units enables these units to be readily assembled in making up the composite magazine frame and it also enables the number of units in the magazine frame to be increased or decreased as desired. The double crank shifting mechanism, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, will cooperate with a magazine frame made up of units as just described in the manner already described in connection with Figures 1, 2 and 3, variations in the number of units comprising the magazine frame involving no change in the construction or mode of operation of the double crank shifting mechanism. The upper end of each frame unit is provided with a pin 29 at each side to rest on the rail 13 and thus support the upper rear portion of the magazine frame during the magazine shifting operations.

Figure 9 shows the invention applied to a composite magazine frame and magazines wherein the frame and magazines are shiftable vertically to bring one or another of the magazines into operative position. In this instance, the composite magazine frame comprises frame units 30, all of which may be of duplicate construction, each frame unit supporting a magazine M. The frame units are guided by rollers 31 thereon toward their upper and lower ends and at opposite sides and which cooperate with guide rails 32 which may be fixed to the main frame of the machine. In such an arrangement, it will be understood that raising or lowering of the composite frame and the magazines thereon will bring one or another of the magazines into operative relation with the assembling and distributing mechanisms on the machine.

The shifting means in this instance comprises a pair of four-armed cranks 33 and 34. mounted in the main frame at each side of the magazine stack, these cranks being located toward the upper and lower ends of the stack, each crank being provided with set of four crank pins which project inwardly. These crank pins are adapted and arranged to cooperate successively with recesses or seats 36 which are formed in bosses projecting laterally or outwardly from the respective magazine frame units as shown in Fig. 10 during rotation of the cranks, and. thus effect raising or lowering of the stack, according to the direction of rotation of the cranks, thus bringing one or another of the magazines into operative position in substantially the same manner in the horizontally shiftable arrangement shown in Figs. 1, 2 and Obviously, the crank: in this instance also are capable of cooperating with any number of magazine frame unitsthatmay comprise the stack, and units may be added or removed, as occasion may require, without necessitating any change or adjustment of the shifting mechanism. The frame units may be removably bolted or otherwis. secured together so that they will he lifted or lowered in unison by the cranks.

The cranks are rotated simultaneously to concurrently raise and lower both ends and sides of the stack by operating means which connects the pair of cranks at each side of the stack to each other and to the cranks at the opposite side thereof. Preferably, a worm gearing is employed for this purpose as it is capable of holding or retaining the stack at different elevations and thus preventing desccnt thereof under its own weight. As shown, an operating shat" 3? is provided, it being journalled in suitable bearings in the stationary main frame and having worms 38 fixed thereon, these worms meshing with worm wheels 39 which are fixed to the shafts 4.0 for the cranks 33, the shafts 40 being journaled to rotate in suitable bearings in the stationary main fran'xe at opposite sides of the magazine stack. The shaft 37 is provided with a crank 41 or equivalent'means for rotating it. The shaft 37 which operates the pair of cranks at one side of the magazine stack is shown connected by bevel gearing 42 and a cross shaft 43 to a crank actuating shaft at the opposite side of the stack similar to the shaft 37, whereby opposite sides of the stack will be raised and lowered in unison.

The operation of the magazine shifting means shown in Fig. 9 is briefly as follows; the desired number of frame units, each carrying a magazine, are placed in superposed relation between the guides, and any desiredmagazine in the stack isbrought into operative relation with the matrix assembling and distributing mechanisms of the machine by rotating the crank 41 in the appropriate direction to raise or lower the stack, may be required and through a suitable number of revolutions to bring the selected magazine into the operative posi tion. Raising and lowering of the stack are effected by the successive actions of the different crank pins on the respective frame units, both ends and the opposite sides of the stack, in this insta cc, being uniformly raised and lowered by the cranks.

The crank motions provided by the pres ent invention for shifting the magazines have an unlimited range of operation, as distinguished from screws, cams, levers and gear motions as heretofore used or proposed, and hence this invention enables an unlimited number of magazine units to be contained in the machine, and magazine units may be added or removed without requiring any change of the shifting means. An advantageous feature of the-invention is, that the frame unit for each magazine is provided with or carries its own means "to cooperate with the shifting cranks by which such magazine is brought into or ran-loved from operative position, the construoti on being thus simplified and improved, as each unit may receive its shifting motion directly from the respective crank pin. This in vention also enables the frame units to be all constructed alike, thereby facilitating and reducing'the'cost of construction of the machine. I

The cranks and their operating means, which constitute the shiftingmechanism, are mounted on and are a part of the station ary main frame of they machine, and hence the shifting mechanism is unaffected by the insertion or removal of the magazine frame units, and moreover, 10 change or alteration of the shifting mechanism is required when the number of magazine units in the machine is increased or reduced, as the shifting mechanism accommodates itself to any number of magazine units and its position on the main frame remains unchanged.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the pins of the cranks move in a circular path while the cranks rotate on a fixed axis on'the main frame, and the successive engagement of these pins with the seats which are spaced in the direction in which the magazine supporting frame shifts, causes the matrix delivery ends of the magazines to move in a series of substantially cycloidal paths which enables the escape ments of a magazine which is in operative position to rise and thus clear the escapement actuating reeds on the main frame, then move forwardly or rearwardly to remove this magazine from operative position and bring the selected magazine into such position, and the final portion of the shifting movement serves to lower the escapements of the latter magazine into working relation with the escapement actuating reeds.

I claim as my invention 1. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main frame, means for supporting a plurality of matrix magazines whereby the latter may be shifted to bring one or another thereof into operative position, and means for shifting the magazines comprising a crank rotatable about a tired axis and having a plurality of crank pins operative to successively act on the magazine supporting means to shift the megazines.

2. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main frame, a plurality of matrix magazine units shit-table therein to bring-one or another magazine into operative position, and shifting means mounted on the main frame and embodying a rotatable crank having a plurality .of crank pins operative to successively engage and shift the magazine units. 7

3. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main frame, means supporting a plurality of matrix magazines and shiftable relatively to the main frame to bring one or another of the magazines into ope-rativ'e position, and means ,on' the main frame operativeto progressively engage the magazine supporting means, and thereby shift the magazines.

4. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main frame, means carrying a plurality of magazines and shiftable relatively to the main frame to bring one or another of the magazines into operative position, and means for shifting the magazine carrying means embodying a crank having a plurality of pins which are operative during rotation of the crank to successively engage the magazine carrying means at intervals spaced in the direction of shift thereof.

5. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main frame, means carrying a plurality of magazines and shiftable relatively to the main frame to bring one or another of the magazines into operative position, said magazine carrying means having seats spaced at intervals in the direction of shift, and a crank having eccentric pins operative during rotation of the crank, to successively engage the spaced seats on the magazine carrying means.

6. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main frame, means carrying a plurality of matrix magazines and shiftable relatively to the main frame to bring one or another magazine into operative position, said magazine carrying means having seats spaced in the direction of shift, and shifting means on the main frame embodying a crank rotatable about a fixed axis and having a plurality of eccentric pins operative, during rotation of the crank, to successively engage and disengage the seats in said magazine carrying means and thereby shift the same.

7. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main frame, means carrying a plurality of matrix magazinesand shiftable relatively to the main frame to bring one or another n'iagazine into operative position, and a crank having pins thereon movable in a circular path and operative successively on an end of the magazine carrying means to move the matrix delivery ends of the magazines in a series of substantially cycloidal paths.

8. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main frame, magazine carrying means shiftable relatively to the main frame to bring one or another of a plurality of magazines thereon into operative position, said means having a series of engaging portliOZlS spaced in the direction of shift, and a crank rotatable about a fixed axis on the main frame and having a plurality of eccentric pins operative in a circular path to successively act on said engaging portions on the magazine carrying means and thereby shift the latter in a series of substantially cycloidal paths.

able in a circular path and are operative to successively engage the respective units of the magazine frame to shift it.

10. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main frame, a magazine frame comprising a plurality of frame units each adapted to contain a matrix magazine and having a seat therein, and a crank rotatable on a fixed axis on the main frame and having a plurality of eccentric pins movable in a circular path and operative to successively engage the seats in the respective frame sec tions to shift them.

11. In a typographical machine, the combination of amain frame, a magazine frame adapted to contain a plurality of matrix magazines and shiftable relatively to the main frame to bring one or another of the magazines into operative position, the main frame having seats therein and the magazine frame having projections to rest in said seats and thereby support the magazine frame to rock into magazine removing position, and a crank rotatable about fixed axis on the main frame and having pins movable in a circular path to successively engage and shift the magazine carrying frame and to engage and disengage the projections on the magazine frame With respect to said seats in the main frame.

12. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main frame, a magazine frame adapted to contain a plurality of matrix magazines and shiftable to bring one or another of the magazines into operative position, means on the main frame for shifting one end of the magazine frame, means on the main frame to intermediately engage and rockably support the magazine frame when the latter is shifted into a predetern'iined position, and a rail cooperative with the opposite end of the magazine frame to support it during its shifting movements, said rail being movable to permit rocking of the magazine frame when the latter is supported intermediately.

In testimony whereof l have hereuuti'i set my hand.

NICHOLAS TESTI. 

